Just had a few matches on the beta. It's pretty rad. Defaulted to max settings on first boot but it was totally unplayable. For now I just busted everything to the lowest setting and it's surprising how nice it still looks after doing it.

I had a few wasted matches last night too. I think my performance may have actually been better.

It's been an interesting experience, since this is (I shit you not) the first MP FPS I've played on PC since the ORIGINAL Call of Duty.

Jarry: I'm surprised I haven't seen that Frankie vid, will have to go and have another look. I did notice it seemed like the performance I was getting wasn't quite right, so that glitch might explain it. In any case, I'll just wait til the full game comes out before I bother to tweak up my settings; tweaking in-game in a match is annoying.

just bought an email code version from ozgs for $41 (had a $5 voucher from points to redeem). then realised it's not the 22nd in the uk yet
hopefully it's an auto-email at midnight so i can start downloading it soon

even so the environments seem a bit flat - i'm struggling to find a way to describe it but it's like there's no visual depth which makes it fucking hard to pick objects/bad guys out etc without the assistance of the visor LOL NOOB GLASSES AMIRITE

the game itself is just another shooter which has been on rails for the first few areas. I've just gone into new york & done the first couple of bits in there.

the bow is cool. that's about the only thing the gameplay has going for it so far (to set it apart from eleventy bazillion other shooters). Annoying how little ammo you can carry for it though.

even so the environments seem a bit flat - i'm struggling to find a way to describe it but it's like there's no visual depth which makes it fucking hard to pick objects/bad guys out etc without the assistance of the visor LOL NOOB GLASSES AMIRITE

the game itself is just another shooter which has been on rails for the first few areas. I've just gone into new york & done the first couple of bits in there.

the bow is cool. that's about the only thing the gameplay has going for it so far (to set it apart from eleventy bazillion other shooters). Annoying how little ammo you can carry for it though.

i say that because i haven't played a shooting game since Duke Nukem Forever and playing this , was like holy shit this is epic.

Yeah, I agree. It's all pretty linear and the story isn't particularly interesting.

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even so the environments seem a bit flat - i'm struggling to find a way to describe it but it's like there's no visual depth which makes it fucking hard to pick objects/bad guys out etc without the assistance of the visor LOL NOOB GLASSES AMIRITE.

Yeah, I noticed this. I think this comes with the territory of more detailed, realistic graphics; the scenes are so busy that everything kinda blends. It looks pretty, but could be detrimental to gameplay.

The enemy detection shits me. They can spot you so quickly in places you really shouldn't be able to be seen. It seems counter intuitive to have such a realistic environment that doesn't have a realistic effect on stealth.

The enemy detection shits me. They can spot you so quickly in places you really shouldn't be able to be seen. It seems counter intuitive to have such a realistic environment that doesn't have a realistic effect on stealth.

yep shitting me too. if you aren't cloaked they'll spot you instantly from a mile away even if they're not facing you at the time. As long as there's nothing in between you & them they see you.

Skyrim is pretty, but it's scenes are nowhere near as detailed as Crysis. More geometry smashed into one screen, more foliage everywhere. So much texture depth and tessellation, plus the film grain, dirt on the visor, flares. I think it just all adds up.